A blog about genealogy and thoughts about the various roots and branches of my family tree as well as the times in which my ancestors lived.Included are the West, White,and McFarland families.WARNING:DO NOT TAKE ALL OF MY FAMILY RECORDS AS GOSPEL. ALWAYS CONFIRM YOUR OWN RESEARCH!

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Friday, June 06, 2008

SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 6

In honor of Lori Thornton of Smoky Mountain FamilyHistorian who's up this way attending a conference and doing some genealogy research as well, we will discuss the correctpronunciation of the city of Quincy, where Lori's conferenceis being held.

I'm told some folks in other parts of the country pronounce it"Kwin-see"(perhaps in Quincy, Illinois?). But around here,it's commonly spoken as "Kwin-zee".

Lori's been enjoying the restaurants and cuisine of NewEngland. Hopefully she'll have a chance to sample some"steamahs" or "chowdah" on her visit to "Kwin-zee"!

2 comments:

Thanks, Bill. Of course, I visited Quincy in 2006 when I was up here for FGS because they wanted my opinion on hosting the conference there. I guess I've known the correct pronunciation for awhile now. What's really scary is that I catch myself using the New England pronunciations of everything ending with that r that sounds like "ah" now. I think I've been around too many Bostonians!